Charles McCoy

My research is concerned with the development of public health, specifically the formation of national systems of disease control. I am interested in how a state’s disease control strategies influences how it relates to its citizens and the type of power it is able to exert over their lives.

I have examined the development of disease control through tracing the state response to outbreaks of disease in the United States and the United Kingdom from the 19th century to the 21st century.